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THE FIFIH OR ^-DECLENSION 12I 271. Crēta est Insula antīqua quae aqua altā magnī maris pulsātur. Ibi ōlim Minōs erat rēx. Ad cum vēnit Daedalus quī ex Graeciā patriā fugiēbat. Eum Minōs rēx benignīs verbīs accēpit et eī domicilium in Crētā dedit. Quō in locō Daedalus sine cūrā vivēbat et rēgī multa et clarā opera faciēbat. Post tempus longum autem Daedalus patriam cāram dēsiderāre incēpit Domum properāre studēbat, sed rēgī persuādēre nōn potuit et mare saevum fugam vetābat. LESSON XLVIII THE FIFTH OR Ē-DECLENSION • THE ABLATIVE OF TIME 272. Gender. Nouns of the fifth declension are feminine except diēs, day, and merīdiēs, midday which are usually masculine.

272. PARADIGMS